Aspergillosis Disease of Sea Fans: Pathogens, Environment and Stress Progress Report – March 1, 2007 No-Cost Extension 1/3/06 - 28/2/07 Paul Bayman & Alberto Sabat Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras
Contents Executive Summary.........................................................................................................2 Fungi in the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina: diversity and sampling strategies [published in Coral Reefs]....................................................................9 Fungi in healthy and diseased sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina): is Aspergillus sydowii always the pathogen? [accepted for publication in Coral Reefs].................................................................................19 Spatial Variation in the Fungal Community of Healthy and Diseased Sea Fans (Gorgonia ventalina) and Surrounding Seawater [submitted to Microbial Ecology].........................................................................34
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